κατ-έχω [in LXX for אָחַז, חָזַק hi., etc. ;] 1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155), (a) to possess, hold fast: Luk.8:15, Jhn.5:4, Rom.1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), 1Co.7:30 11:2, 2Co.6:10, 1Th.5:21, Heb.3:6, 14 10:23; (b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Luk.14:9. 2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): with accusative before τοῦ μή with inf., Luk.4:42; before πρός, with accusative, Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), 2Th.2:6-7. 3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, see word): Act.27:40.† (AS)
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G2722 — κατέχω
katechō · to hold back/fast · Greek
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Luke 4:42 · κατεῖχονAnd when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.Luke 8:15 · κατέχουσινAnd that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.Luke 14:9 · κατέχειν.and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.Acts 27:40 · κατεῖχονAnd casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.Romans 1:18 · κατεχόντων,For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;Romans 7:6 · κατειχόμεθα,But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.1 Corinthians 7:30 · κατέχοντες,and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;1 Corinthians 11:2 · κατέχετε.¶Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.1 Corinthians 15:2 · κατέχετε,by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.2 Corinthians 6:10 · κατέχοντες.¶as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.1 Thessalonians 5:21 · κατέχετε·prove all things; hold fast that which is good;2 Thessalonians 2:6 · κατέχονAnd now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.2 Thessalonians 2:7 · κατέχωνFor the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.Philemon 1:13 · κατέχειν,whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:Hebrews 3:6 · κατάσχωμεν.¶but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.Hebrews 3:14 · κατάσχωμεν·for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:Hebrews 10:23 · κατέχωμενlet us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised: